GENEVA, September 26, 2017.- On commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the Permanent Mission of Cuba calls once again to raise awareness of the threat posed by nuclear weapons and the need for their total elimination.

NEW YORK, September 20, 2017. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in the framework of the opening ceremony for the signing of the Treaty, which was held today at the headquarters of the United Nations.

Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the event in United Nations in solidarity with the countries affected by hurricane Irma. New York, September 18, 2017.

Mr President,
The adoption of the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty on 7 July 2017 and its next opening for signature on 20 September constitute a historic milestone. It is a result of a long and delayed process of multilateral negotiations since UN General Assembly adopted the first resolution on 24 January 1946 calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

NUEVA YORK, August 3rd, 2017. With the presence of Cándido A. Regalado Gómez, Head of the National Office of Hydrography and Geodesics of Cuba; and José Luis Capote Fernández, Head of the Project Department of GEOCOMIX/GEOCUBA, the island was represented at the 7th Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM).

NEW YORK, 3rd, August, 2017.- Cándido A. Regalado Gómez, Head of the National Office for Geodesy and Cartography; during the session of August 3rd in the framework of the 7th Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) pointed out that the creation of fundamental data source, which connect geospatial and statistical information in different domains, should run parallel with the work related to the strengthening and diffusion of methods, technologies and standards. He added that this would imply that all member countries could have full access to geospatial information and data, in order to take better decisions in several fields.